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July 26, 2023
PNG Post-Courier French President Emmanuel Macron jets into Port Moresby late tomorrow for his historic visit to Papua New Guinea and will be met by Prime Minister James Marape with a 21-gun salute and other ceremonies. Marape yesterday expressed profound enthusiasm for the upcoming visit of President Macron — currently in New Caledonia — considering ... <a title="PNG plans 21-gun salute for Macron in historic visit to an independent Pacific state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/png-plans-21-gun-salute-for-macron-in-historic-visit-to-an-independent-pacific-state/" aria-label="Read more about PNG plans 21-gun salute for Macron in historic visit to an independent Pacific state">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2023
By Eleisha Foon, journalist France has deployed Rafale jet fighters during a military ceremony in New Caledonia, marking President Emmanuel Macron’s first official day in the Pacific. Macron arrived in Noumea overnight on a visit aimed at bolstering his Indo-Pacific strategy and reaffirming France’s role in the region. The historic five-day trip includes a visit ... <a title="Macron in New Caledonia to bolster France’s Indo-Pacific strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/25/macron-in-new-caledonia-to-bolster-frances-indo-pacific-strategy/" aria-label="Read more about Macron in New Caledonia to bolster France’s Indo-Pacific strategy">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2023
RNZ Pacific The Pacific Island community in Aotearoa New Zealand is grieving for the deaths of two men killed at an Auckland downtown construction site last week. Solomona To’oto’o, 45, of Manurewa and Tupuga Sipiliano, 44, of Wattle Downs have been named as the victims of 24-year-old gunman Matu Reid, who also died. Several others ... <a title="‘What could we have done?’ – Pacific community grief for shooter victims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/24/what-could-we-have-done-pacific-community-grief-for-shooter-victims/" aria-label="Read more about ‘What could we have done?’ – Pacific community grief for shooter victims">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya “Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future” is the theme chosen by the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) for their 7th Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival (MACFEST) this year. Vanuatu hosted the event in Port Vila, which opened last Wednesday and ends next Monday. The event was hosted by the MSG, which ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: ‘Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future’ – culture and West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/24/yamin-kogoya-rebuilding-our-melanesia-for-our-future-culture-and-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: ‘Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future’ – culture and West Papua">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2023
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby More than 300 companies operating in Papua New Guinea are facing penalties and will be issued infringement notices for not adhering to the country’s labour laws, Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso has announced. He said on Thursday that pending the official release of the full report of the National ... <a title="300 PNG companies face penalties over failing to uphold labour laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/24/300-png-companies-face-penalties-over-failing-to-uphold-labour-laws/" aria-label="Read more about 300 PNG companies face penalties over failing to uphold labour laws">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2023
RNZ Mediawatch Nothing much changed in a 1News Verian poll released last Monday. However, some commentators treated the boring results as a blank canvas on which to express their creativity. 1News presenter Simon Dallow described the results of the newly named 1News Verian poll on Monday as a harsh verdict on the government. “It is just ... <a title="Mediawatch: NZ election poll analysis unhitches itself from reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/23/mediawatch-nz-election-poll-analysis-unhitches-itself-from-reality/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: NZ election poll analysis unhitches itself from reality">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2023
By John Minto Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) congratulates New Zealand film director Jane Campion over her request for her 1989 debut film Sweetie to be withdrawn from apartheid Israel’s Jerusalem Film Festival. The announcement was made by Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) late last night. We are delighted ... <a title="John Minto: Kudos to Jane Campion for saying no to apartheid Israel’s Jerusalem Film Festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/23/john-minto-kudos-to-jane-campion-for-saying-no-to-apartheid-israels-jerusalem-film-festival/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: Kudos to Jane Campion for saying no to apartheid Israel’s Jerusalem Film Festival">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2023
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ journalist A new report has found practical solutions to address climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), including raising roads and using mangrove forests. Decision-makers have been urged to prepare for major changes. These include heatwaves, stronger typhoons, a declining ecosystem, threatened food security and increased health issues. The ... <a title="‘Grassroots action’ could address climate change in Micronesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/22/grassroots-action-could-address-climate-change-in-micronesia/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Grassroots action’ could address climate change in Micronesia">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2023
By Rashika Kumar in Suva Suva lawyer Richard Naidu is a free man after the Suva High Court ruled this week that no conviction be recorded against him. High Court judge Justice Daniel Goundar ruled on Tuesday that the charge of contempt scandalising the court against Naidu be dismissed. He said summons to set aside ... <a title="Fiji judge dismisses lawyer Richard Naidu’s guilty conviction over ‘scandalising court’ case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/21/fiji-judge-dismisses-lawyer-richard-naidus-guilty-conviction-over-scandalising-court-case/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji judge dismisses lawyer Richard Naidu’s guilty conviction over ‘scandalising court’ case">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2023
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva The Fijian Media Association (FMA) has labelled comments made by former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama this week to media workers of Mai TV, Fijivillage and Fiji Sun outside the Suva courthouse as “distasteful, unbecoming, and unacceptable”. Bainimarama told the Mai TV cameraman in the iTaukei language on Tuesday: “Qarauna de ... <a title="Fiji media condemn ‘distasteful, unacceptable’ threats by former PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/21/fiji-media-condemn-distasteful-unacceptable-threats-by-former-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji media condemn ‘distasteful, unacceptable’ threats by former PM">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2023
RNZ News A scene examination is continuing at a construction site in central Auckland after a fatal shooting there shocked the city yesterday morning. The gunman, 24-year-old Matu Tangi Matua Reid, was on home detention but allowed to work at the construction site. He died at the scene in a shoot-out with police after killing ... <a title="Auckland shooting: City security beefed up as probe continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/21/auckland-shooting-city-security-beefed-up-as-probe-continues/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland shooting: City security beefed up as probe continues">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2023
By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog My daughter came into the kitchen early today to tell me her friends were downtown in Auckland at Britomart, the transit hub of New Zealand’s biggest city, and that a construction worker had just run past them saying a man with a gun was shooting people. I ... <a title="Martyn Bradbury: A sorrowful day for my beautiful city – Matu Tangi Matua Reid’s unspeakable violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/21/martyn-bradbury-a-sorrowful-day-for-my-beautiful-city-matu-tangi-matua-reids-unspeakable-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Martyn Bradbury: A sorrowful day for my beautiful city – Matu Tangi Matua Reid’s unspeakable violence">Read more</a>
